afield
Who acts: afield, one, sheep, news · What happens: mean, live, send, come, travel · To what, where: daughter, afield
«afield» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: afield in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
In the fields, out in the countryside, away from home.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 fields | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fields | det |
| 3 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 countryside | punct |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 8 countryside | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 countryside | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 countryside | det |
| 8 | countryside | countryside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fields | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 away | punct |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 countryside | advmod |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 home | case |
| 12 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 away | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 fields | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
Far afield means far away from home or from where one lives.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 means | advmod |
| 2 | afield | afield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 away | advmod |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 means | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 home | case |
| 7 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 away | obl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 lives | cc |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 lives | case |
| 10 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 12 lives | advmod |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 lives | nsubj |
| 12 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 home | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | afield | away, far property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | live | present | one | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 1
The old woman's daughter is sent afield.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 woman | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 woman | amod |
| 3 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 woman | case |
| 5 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sent | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sent | aux:pass |
| 7 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | afield | afield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sent | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present · passive | the old woman's daughter | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination afield=Theme |
Example 2
The sheep came home from afield.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sheep | det |
| 2 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 came | advmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 afield | case |
| 6 | afield | afield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the sheep | afield | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from afield=Initial_Location |
Example 3
The news travelled far afield.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 news | det |
| 2 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 travelled | nsubj |
| 3 | travelled | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 afield | advmod |
| 5 | afield | afield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 travelled | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 travelled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | travel | past | the news | afield | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme afield=Trajectory |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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